ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager <= 3.10.4 - Subscriber+ Arbitrary Affiliate Links Creation

2022-04-10 00:00

Krzysztof Zając

Strategic Overview

Status

Patched in 3.10.5

Affected PluginThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin

Affected Version<= 3.10.4

CVSS5.4Medium

CVECVE-2022-0398

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Vulnerability Overview

The ThirstyAffiliates Affiliate Link Manager WordPress plugin before 3.10.5 does not have authorisation and Cross-Site Request Forgery checks when creating affiliate links, which could allow any authenticated user, such as subscriber to create arbitrary affiliate links, which could then be used to redirect users to an arbitrary website

Technical Analysis

REMEDIATION: Update to version 3.10.5, or a newer patched version --- IDENTIFIER: CWE-862 (Missing Authorization) The product does not perform an authorization check when an actor attempts to access a resource or perform an action.

External References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-0398 https://www.wordfence.com/threat-intel/vulnerabilities/id/7661d648-543e-46c8-a859-fb722a0c3fc2

CVSS Vector

5.4

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Base

Attack VectorNetwork
Attack ComplexityLow
Privileges RequiredLow
User InteractionNone
ScopeUnchanged
ConfidentialityLow
IntegrityLow
AvailabilityNone

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